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Milwaukee police officers to be honored for bravery during fire

Six Milwaukee police officers will be honored for bravery for actions taken during a fire at an apartment building adjacent to their station on the city's northwest side.

The officers, assigned to the police department's District 4 station, will be recognized at the Common Council meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, according to a Common Council news release.

According to the release, Sgt. Patrick Brousseau, Officers Kenneth Daugherty, Rufaro Davis, Shalamar LeFlore, Phillip Lewis and Andrew Moutry went door-to-door in the smoke-filled building at 7023 W. Silver Spring Drive to evacuate residents after the fire broke out about 9 a.m. Feb. 4.

If there was no answer the officers kicked in the doors to the apartments to make sure the units were clear, according to the release.

Several apartment units were destroyed and about 15 others were damaged by smoke and water in the blaze, which caused estimated damages of $100,000 to the building and $50,000 to its contents, according to fire officials.